Nov 3
Five Medical Device Commercialization Tips to Enable Success
Commercialization of a medical device is the process of transitioning from design and development to a realized, manufacturable, and sellable product.
This blog describes how our commercialization team “Make it Real” by developing robust commercialization strategies that engage a cross-functional team from engineering, production planning and supply chain.
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Medical Device Supply Chain strategies have been evolving since the 1990s. It started with the famous “Pick two from: better, faster, or cheaper”. You could not have all three…
So, you have toiled through the design process and successfully launched a product to manufacturing and are looking to add value to your existing design. Where should you focus your budget?
The medical device product definition process can make or break a novel medical device. Our experts discussed the topic and offered tips in a recent medical device product definition roundtable. Their tips range from general guidelines to regulatory, reimbursement, lean startups, architecture, and hazard management.
We recently asked our engineering and QA/RA leaders which new developments are likely to impact medical devices in the near- and long-term future.
The risk management approach
When you hear the word cancer, it conjures up sad feelings. Most patients think that if they have it, they have less chance to survive and it’s the start of a countdown to death. Most people only know of the most common treatments such as – chemotherapy, which uses drugs to kill cancer cells, radiation which is used to destroy cancer cells and damage cancer cell’s DNA to stop dividing and growing, and surgery which remove the cancer tissues. They imagine losing hair and being in the hospital for weeks or even, months. But what is cancer, really? Is there a cure? What’s the chance of survival?
Do you know the most overlooked step in creating a useful medical device?
When I joined StarFish Medical I was pretty stoked about the 3D printer and marvelled at the prints created by the Mechanical Engineers and Industrial Designers. As a Human Factors Engineer in product development my favorite challenges are the ones that call on imaginative solutions for investigating and testing use-related ideas and concepts for new products.
Co-op students answer FAQs and share their experiences
The design process is all about making design decisions. Whether the outcome is good or bad, the faster you can validate these decisions, the better your design becomes because you are iterating and learning. My new favorite tool to iterate is our laser cutting machine.